Burglers steal payment vouchers; snub cash at Trade Fair

April 3, 2019 Editor News 0

burglers steal payment vouchers
CEO of the Ghana International Trade Fair Centre, Dr. Agnes Adu

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana International Trade Fair Centre, Dr. Agnes Adu, has stated that burglars broke into the office of the Chief Accountant of the Trade Fair Centre and stole Payment Vouchers (PVs), believed to contain information on some payments made.

She explained that, the burglars broke into the office in 2016 and stole some Payment Vouchers and surprisingly, left monies meant for the Centre.

Appearing before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Dr. Adu indicated that the Centre is concerned about the development that occasioned under the previous administration.

She reiterated a well-meaning Ghanaian would be astonished to hear that burglars broke into an office and stole Payment Vouchers rather than stealing monies.

Dr. Adu explained that thereafter the burglary incident happened; the La District Police Command took over the matter and started an investigation.

She pointed out that no further account documents exist in the company on the disbursement of some monies under the previous administration of the Centre.

Dr. Adu indicated that before the burglary happened, there was a misappropriation of some GH¢300,000 under the previous administration of the former CEO of the Centre.

She also revealed to the Committee that the former CEO has been called by the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO), to assist investigations on the GH¢300,000 misappropriated fund and the stolen Payment Vouchers by burglars.

She boasted that her presence at the Centre has caused lots of transformation, and that she had cleared majority of outstanding debts of Centre.

“I have turned things around in the Centre. Things are now working at the Trade Fair Centre and we have started filing our returns. Our clients have increased and outstanding utility bills have been cleared”, she disclosed.

*2016 Auditor- General’s Report*

According to the 2016 Auditor- General’s Report, The Ghana International Trade Fair Centre was cited on an account of a burglary that happened at the office of the Chief Accountant of the Centre.

In the A-Gs, report, it was revealed that Payments Vouchers (PVs) and other relevant accounting documents of the Centre other than monies accumulated and kept in the office were stolen by the burglars.

The report showed that the incident was reported to the La District Police Command on April 11, 2016 for investigations.

The report revealed that the burglary happened after the Centre was cited by the Auditor-General for misappropriation of funds and unaccounted emergency expenses of the Centre.

The Auditor-General cited the former accountant of the Centre for misappropriation of funds of GH¢37,000,000contrary to the Financial Administration Regulations, 2004, (LI 1802) and surcharged him.

By: Theresa Adezewa Aryeetey

Related posts:

majority leader osei kyei mensa bonsu#BringBackOurTaadiGirls: Majority Leader charges police to expedite investigations Joe Wise meet press corps“Be Ghana Bias”- Deputy Speaker tells press corps Ayokor BotchwayUS Visa ban affects only MPs – Ayokor Botchway Bamboi MPMP calls for legislation to check abuse of social media bloody widow mps‘We can’t find NDC MPs who held ‘bloody widow’ placards’ – Parliament minority boycott holiday billParliament passes Holidays Amendment Bill despite Minority’s boycott parliament pass RTI lawParliament approves RTI Bill parliament adopts billParliament adopts report on the State Interests and Governance Authority Bill, 2019

Publish on Apt

Do you have any Social, informational, educational or entertaining stuff that should be featured on www.aptnewsghana.com?

Please submit your stories, pictures, and videos to us via WhatsApp: +233548388489 or click on the icon on your screen. Alternatively, email us: aptnewsghana@gmail.com

RSS APO Group – Africa-Newsroom: latest news releases related to Africa

  • Coronavirus: COVAX announces new agreement, plans for first deliveries January 22, 2021
    Download logoCOVAX announced the signing of an advance purchase agreement for up to 40 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine; rollout to commence with successful execution of supply agreements; additionally, COVAX announced that, pending WHO emergency use listings, nearly 150 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford candidate are anticipated to be available in Q1 2021, via […]
  • Coronavirus - Seychelles: India gifts Seychelles with COVISHIELD vaccines January 22, 2021
    Download logoThe Government of India has today gifted 50,000 doses of the COVISHIELD vaccine to Seychelles.  The consignment arrived this afternoon on a special Indian Navy Aircraft ‘Boeing P81’. The Indian High Commissioner to Seychelles, H.E. General Dalbir Singh Suhag, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Mr. Sylvestre Radegonde, Minister for Health, Mrs. Peggy Vidot […]
  • Coronavirus - Namibia: COVID-19 Update 22 January 2021 January 22, 2021
    New cases 333 Deaths: 1 Recoveries: 341 Hospitalized cases: 193 (27 in ICU)Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health and Social Services, Namibia.Media filesDownload logo
  • Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio inspects Agricultural Machinery at the Agriculture Central Stores in Freetown January 22, 2021
     His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has embarked on an inspection tour of the stores of the Ministry of Agriculture that is housing about 2,410 agricultural implements and 410 tractors for the 2021 planting season. In the 2018 New Direction Manifesto of the SLPP, the President emphasised that the overall goal of their agricultural […]
  • Coronavirus - Uganda: COVID-19 update (22 January 2021) January 22, 2021
    Results of COVID-19 tests done on 21 January 2021 confirm 129 new cases. The cumulative confirmed cases are now 38,935. One COVID-19 death. The total COVID-19 deaths are 317.Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health - Republic of Uganda.Media filesDownload logo
  • Africa’s first ever Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Tour team, Team Qhubeka ASSOS, unveils iconic 2021 race jersey January 22, 2021
    Team Qhubeka ASSOS (www.TeamQhubeka.com), Africa’s only UCI-registered WorldTour professional cycling outfit, is thrilled to present our iconic 2021 race jersey. The unique ASSOS design was first presented to our riders earlier this week at a team training camp in Girona, Spain, ahead of what promises to be an exciting season. The vibrant elements of the […]
  • Coronavirus: African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases as of 22 January 2021, 9 am EAT January 22, 2021
    African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (3,365,095) deaths (82,891), and recoveries (2,822,123) by region: Central (83,170 cases; 1,561 deaths; 71,449 recoveries): Burundi (1,358; 2; 773), Cameroon (28,010; 455; 26,861), CAR (4,974; 63; 4,902), Chad (3,065; 114; 2,193), Congo (7,709; 114; 5,860), DRC (21,398; 644; 14,865), Equatorial Guinea (5,365; 86; 5,191), Gabon (10,120; 66; 9,809), […]
  • Online Trading: What to look for in a Broker January 22, 2021
    Download logoPublic participation in online trading has accelerated at unprecedented levels in 2020. This is the view of Dany Mawas, Regional Director at INFINOX (www.INFINOX.com), a leading CFD trading broker with international presence and market expertise, who explains that he, along with other heavyweights in the industry, Oakhaven Capital, believe that this trend comes as […]
  • Participation, education, digital access and climate change are key concerns for children and young people in Africa and Europe, U-Report poll finds January 22, 2021
    Download logoParticipation in decision-making, quality education, internet access and the climate crisis are among the main concerns for children and young people in Africa and Europe, according to U-Report polling data released today by UNICEF, the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU). Almost half of all young people polled feel excluded from political […]
  • Grim milestone as Sahel violence displaces 2 million inside their countries January 22, 2021
    UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for an end to the unrelenting violence in Africa’s Sahel which has now displaced more than two million people within the borders of their countries for the first time ever. The Sahel – which includes Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, and Niger — is home to some of the […]
About Editor 608 Articles
Joe Bright Nyarko Journalist/Communication Researcher. Environment & Sustainability Advocate. Managing Editor of aptnewsghana.com, a non-profit news portal with bias towards environment and sustainability issues, rural development policies and gender & inequality.